Skirt

Object Number:

2003-38-115

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

MiaoHmong

Provenience:

ChinaIndochina

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Cotton

Technique:

WovenDyedSewn

Description:

A full, heavily pleated, woman's skirt of homespun cotton, dyed indigo blue/black; it is lined with cotton cloth of a lighter blue; both are sewn to a strip of royal blue silk just below the cotton waistband; a single tie is sewn to one end of the waistband, a loop to the other.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania